BEFORE the antibiotic era subacute bacterial endocarditis was almost invariably a fatal complication in congenital and acquired heart disease.1 2 3 The offending organism was Streptococcus viridans ...

Summary A case of subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Streptococcus faecalis is presented. This occurred as a complication of traumatic arteriovenous fistulas and subsequent endarteritis.

Cite this: Native Triple-Valve Endocarditis Caused by Penicillin-Resistant Streptococcus sanguis - Medscape - Jun 01, 2007.

Danish hospitals logged alarmingly high mid-term mortality rates in infective endocarditis (IE) despite improvements in identifying culprit pathogens in recent years, sending a warning to other ...

Oral streptococcal-induced infective endocarditis can only be linked to dentistry if there is a defined risk procedure, no prophylaxis is given and the incubation period is short (i.e. less than ...

Preventing streptococci infections Date: October 18, 2019 Source: University of Dundee Summary: Researchers have discovered an enzyme they believe could be key to preventing Group A Streptococcus ...

The risk of infective endocarditis is low in real-world patients who undergo TAVR, new data from the SwissTAVI registry show. But when infections do occur, the consequences can be devastating, ...

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare but often deadly complication for patients whose aortic stenosis is treated with a transcatheter heart valve or with surgery, according to a new analysis of ...

The mouth is often described as a window to overall health—and for good reason. A growing body of research reveals a ...

From the blood of a case which was clinically one of acute malignant endocarditis there were isolated on 3 successive occasions 2 bacteriologically distinct organisms. Streptococcus hemolyticus and ...

For certain patients with endocarditis on the left side of the heart under stable condition, switching from intravenous (IV) antibiotics to orally administered antibiotics is noninferior to ...